Mother Nature + Awesome Bakers, Does it Equal +.2? lol by Dee

Had my regular WW weigh in last night, and I've gained another .2 lbs., so my total loss now is "down" to 26.4. However, I know what the issue is this week, as Mother Nature is coming to visit. lol I also went to a b-day party for the grandson of one of my friends, & her 19 year old daughter is the BEST cook/baker/etc, & she made a variety of finger foods AND a b-day cake that was to DIE for. I originally wasn't going to eat anything because I'd had lunch 3 hours earlier, but everyone else had eaten earlier too, and I could tell the chef was disappointed that no one was eating after she'd spent many hours laboring in the kitchen. She is such a sweet, special girl, that I went ahead and had a taste of everything so she wouldn't feel her time was wasted. Everyone else must've gotten the hint, because they all went in & ate a bit, too. In addition, I ate out a few times this week, and although I tried to make healthy choices, take out food just is NOT as healthy as home-cooked. So...I am re-committing myself to healthier choices this week (I am currently cooking a WW recipe for Mexican meatloaf, which smells YUMMY), and am going to increase my exercise each day, either by upping the intensity or the amount. Today I got up at 5:30 a.m. for a morning walk, & it was SO nice! Much better than walking from 5-6 p.m. The sun was barely peeking over the horizon, there was a nice breeze, and the humidity was still reasonably low. I not only walked an extra mile, I walked an extra 30 minutes! I would've gone ahead and walked the track twice because my energy level was fine, but, I was not prepared with enough water. I drink a LOT of water while I'm walking.

Hope you all are doing wonderfully this week, and I look forward to hearing from each of you about your progress.

Love you all!